Example sentences of "take more than a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that the breeding cycle takes more than a year to complete , with the result that the birds are unable to breed every year . |
| 2 | It takes more than a bowl of water to get rid of Jesus Christ seeking you out to follow him and to receive him . |
| 3 | It takes more than a shoestring to keep an essential component of the economy strong , say the Met , and other institutions concur . |
| 4 | In the past , the guards have smacked of overkill , since it rarely takes more than a baton charge with their lathi sticks to quell the traditional rotten orange barrage that welcomes most touring teams . |
| 5 | Changes in these attitudes and practices will be the result of a long political process which will certainly take more than a century to work out , and even then will probably compress the time which it took Europe to work through comparable processes . |
| 6 | There could be a need to check forensic evidence , for example , or to prevent a suspect absconding , or to travel to a far-away police station where the investigation was being conducted , and any of these could take more than a day . |
| 7 | ‘ In places this size , you come away saying it would take more than a day to see them , ’ said Mr Craig . |
| 8 | Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most … |
| 9 | There are plenty of packages around for under £150 and they should n't take more than a couple of days to master . |
| 10 | ‘ The BNP contends that it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The BNP contends it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’ |
| 12 | Should n't take more than a fortnight . |
| 13 | Ferguson now sports a tuft of facial hair around his lips and chin , permitted him by the Tannadice tablets of stone , but it will take more than a beard to signify maturity . |
| 14 | Today so few theatregoers travel by bus that it would take more than a strike of the red giants to kill anything on stage . |
| 15 | And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table . |
| 16 | Add the life and colour of cities such as New York , Washington , San Francisco and Vancouver , and this is a land it would take more than a lifetime to truly discover . |
| 17 | This wo n't take more than a moment . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I think it 'd take more than a lot of nomes and some string to fly it , anyway . ’ |
| 19 | It will take more than a streak of dogged determination to see it through . |
| 20 | ‘ It would take more than a ring to get me into your bed , ’ she retorted furiously . |
| 21 | Zambia achieved political independence without a prolonged conflict , but in Zimbabwe it took more than a decade of military and political struggle to overthrow white minority rule . |
| 22 | It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work . |
| 23 | We 've got five weeks discouraged from taking more than a fortnight at a time . |
| 24 | Many candidates who start at the bottom skip grades on the way up , or , perhaps because of pressure of other work , take more than a year between adjoining grades . |
| 25 | I did n't intend this to take more than a minute . |